RBI on why inflation needs to be brought down to 5%

RBI on why inflation needs to be brought down to 5%

Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao has said the battle against inflation has not ended yet and high prices were mostly hurting the poor people, who do not have a mechanism to get their voice heard.

The inflation continues to remain high and needs to be brought down to 'more acceptable' levels of five per cent or less, Subbarao said in New York, while noting that the challenge was to calibrate interest rates to control inflation and support economic growth at the same time.

RBI on why inflation needs to be brought down to 5%

"People are hurt by inflation, largely the poor people. They don't have the mechanism to get their voice heard," he said while delivering a lecture at Cornell University on 'India in a Globalizing World: Some Policy Dilemmas'.

"I believe that the battle against inflation has not ended yet. . . We need to bring it down to more acceptable levels of 5 per cent or even less than 5 per cent," he said.

RBI on why inflation needs to be brought down to 5%

The RBI had cut its main interest rate in April by 50 basis points to 8 per cent, but the central bank did not reduce the benchmark interest rates in its first quarter credit policy review in July despite pressure from the industry, which wants reduction in interest rates to spur growth.

The Reserve Bank is scheduled to review its monetary policy on September 17.